The Shame of Southern Politics: Essays and Speeches - Hardcover

Dunbar, Leslie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813122619 ISBN 13: 9780813122618

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2002

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Book by Dunbar Leslie

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"The civil rights movement was one of the ennobling periods in our nation's history. I was not one of its principle figures, certainly not one of its leaders. If the whole of it might be conceived of as one single great enterprise, I might be considered a branch manager. But I was there..." - from the Prologue "Few persons were as important as Leslie Dunbar in leading and speaking for regional and historic 'mind changing'." - VERNON JORDAN JR. "These essays illumine a life fueled by deep conviction." - ANNE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT "Readers who have long admired and benefited from Leslie's extraordinary commitment and new readers discovering him for the first time will be challenged and impressed." - MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN

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"As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the early 1960s, and later as executive director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant (but least recognized) people in the civil rights movement. His essays and speeches often helped set the agenda. They also continue to offer a prophetic voice in our struggle to create a more humane and fully integrated America. The Shame of Southern Politics gathers for the first time fourteen of Dunbar's essays and speeches on the courage and values of the southern civil rights movement. Dunbar's selected writings, ranging from the classic 1961 essay "The Annealing of the South" to a post-September 11th meditation, give eloquent voice to the best of America's liberal tradition. A new essay entitled "1968" offers Dunbar's unique take on that transformational year. Dan T. Carter, professor of history at the University of South Carolina and himself a distinguished interpreter of the South, sets the scene in a masterful introduction that details the contributions of this quiet yet influential man. Leslie Dunbar is the author and editor of A Republic of Equals , Minority Report , The Common Interest , and Reclaiming Liberalism . He lives in Washington, D.C.

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• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0813122619
• ISBN 13: 9780813122618
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 202